- present participle of climb.
climbing
Example Sentences
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Serious bottlenecks have shifted to the refining stages, with the margins that oil refiners demand for producing fuels like gasoline, heating oil and diesel climbing to records in recent weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
"We're saying there's a functional equivalence here. So you can't rule out vertical climbing just because something doesn't have a chimpanzee-like foot."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The about-face is a sign of how markets have become more treacherous for investors, even as indexes keep climbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
As rescue efforts enter a fifth day on the Nepal-Tibet border following the devastating flash flood, Sunday's papers report on the climbing death toll.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
But I’d never, not once, imagined climbing through the second-story window like a thief.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
